It’s Thanksgiving Day, so I think it is appropriate to tell what I’m grateful for:

My God who loves me, supports me and gives me everything I need.

My husband who fell in love with me when he saw the way I chop onions, (if you want to know how, send me an email to ask me), who went all the way down to Mexico because he knew in his heart he would find me there, who tells me I’m beautiful even in the mornings when my hair is all messed up and I need to brush my teeth, who works hard every day to give my children and me what we need, who is a good son, a great brother, a loyal friend, and an amazing husband, who is one of the smartest and funniest persons I’ve ever known, who helps me every day to keep our home in order, who is a great partner raising our children, who can say “yes” to our children even when it is the 1,000th time they have said, “let’s play!”, who is in a few words a great man.

My children who have shown me what unconditional love really means, who fill our home with laughter and joy, who make me get up at 6:30 every morning even though I’m NOT a morning person, who can make me smile just with a silly word, who help me to practice my patience and self control, who love me with all their hearts. I would die for them.

My family, most of them in Mexico, who taught me what I know, who raised me the way I am, who support me in every decision I make, who love my children as if they were their own, who change their schedules when we visit so they can be with us most of the time.

My in-laws who treat me like I was another daughter, sister, and cousin, who laugh with me when I am learning everything I need to learn in this beautiful new country. Who accept and embrace my Latina traditions, food, and way to party!

My friends who are my second family, my support, my joy.

And for all of my dear ones who are not among us on this earth because I know they are looking over me and my family always.